Tool.



E. S. WEST.

TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED'MAR. II, l9l6.

l ,2 1 2,430, Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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ELMER s. WEST, or EWING, KENTUCKY.

TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 191?.

Application filed March 11, 1916. Serial No. 83,656.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELMER S. Wns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ewing, in the county of Fleming and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved tool and has for its primary object to provide a very simply constructed and serviceable tool including a suitable handle, and means for reversibly holding a combination tool element in connection with said handle.

It is another object of the invention to provide a tool for the purpose of applying a meat hanging cord, and which is also provided with a screw-driving bit, a handle provided with a metallic thimble or socket to receive the upper end of the tool element, and means mounted in the end of said socket member for locking engagement with the tool element to retain the same in either position in connection with the handle.

It is a further general object of the invention to provide a device of the above character which is exceedingly simple in its construction, highly serviceable and convenient in practical use, and may be constructed at comparatively small manufacturing cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combination screw driver and meat hanging needle; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the handle; Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the metal ferrule being partly broken away; and Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tool removed from the handle.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a suitable handle, preferably constructed of wood and having a longitudinally extending bore 6 tapered at its inner end, as at 7 A metal tube 8 is fitted into said bore and conforms in shape thereto. The outer end of said tube is provided at diametrically opposite points with outwardly projecting lugs 9 adapted to fit into notches or recesses 10 in the end face of the handle. A metal cap or ferrule 11 is tightly fitted over this end of the handle and acts to retain the lugs 9 within said recesses, thereby preventing any longitudinal shifting or turning movement of the metal sleeve 8 within the bore of the handle. This outer open end of the metal sleeve is provided with a longitudinally extending recess or channel indicated at 12, in which a leaf spring 13 is normally disposed, the inner end of this spring being securely riveted or otherwise fixed to the wall of the sleeve 8. The outer free end of said leaf spring extends through a notch or recess in the end wall of the ferrule 6 and is formed with a lug or projection 141 extending inwardly toward the center of the handle, the outer face of said lug being formed with a rib 15 for convenient engagement by the finger.

16 designates the tool rod or shank which is of cylindrical form and each end tapers longitudinally, as indicated at 17 and 18 respectively, the latter tapered end of the tool terminating in a screw-driving bit 19. A longitudinally extending slot 520 is formed in the tapering end 17 of the tool shank and constitutes an eye to receive a cord which is adapted to be forced through one end of a piece of meat with the tapering point 17 as it penetrates the same, as is clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawing. Intermediate of its ends, the rod 16 is formed with a socket or recess 21 which is adapted to receive the lug 1 1 on the outer end of the leaf spring 13.

In the practical operation of the device, it will be understood that either end of the rod 16 may be inserted into the metal socket member or sleeve 8 and the lug lei of the spring will snap into the socket or recess 21, thereby holding said rod against either turning or longitudinal shifting movement. Thus, the tool may be easily and quickly arranged for use either as a screw driver or for use in applying meat hanging cords. In this manner, I procure in a single tool, a device capable of two separate and distinct uses and one which, in view of its exceedingly simple construction, may be produced at small manufacturing cost. I have found my improved tool to be exceedingly serviceable and convenient in practical use.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several elements employed, it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification therein and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is The combination with a tool handle having a longitudinal bore, of a tool receiving socket member fitted in said bore and provided upon its open end with oppositely projecting lugs countersunk in the end face of the handle, and a ferrule secured upon the end of the handle and having an inwardly projecting flange engaged over said lugs to retain the socket member in the handle bore. 15

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMER S. WEST.

Witnesses R. J. ToUsLEY, T. H. TALBOTT.

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